Chris Carney Appointed as a Scholar for Policy Vets

Chris Carney was recently named as a Scholar with Policy Vets, a 501(c)(3) (pending) nonprofit organization dedicated to developing, gathering, researching and compiling data that can be used to support policy that improves the lives of veterans. As a Scholar, Chris will help the organization further its goals of providing unbiased data so that advocates and policy makers can engage in a thoughtful and evidence based approach to public policy for veterans. 

Chris represented Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District for two terms and was a tenured professor of political science specializing in international relations at Penn State University. Prior to running for Congress, he worked at the Pentagon for four years on strategic analysis of the global terrorist threat, ran the Department of Defense’s Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group (PCTEG) and was the “Special Projects” intelligence officer for two tours during Operation Southern Watch. Chris received a Presidential appointment as a Commissioner on the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC) and served as a Senior Intelligence Specialist at NAI2O.